Originally Posted by
YukonBikerGuy
How many bags are you using? Of what size? (1 gal, 5 gal, 20 gal?) How are you mixing? For how long? I'm not sure which you are calling the crappy bag? What is shitty shake? From leafy trim from buds, or just vegative leaf, or what? Are you chopping the hash up finely on cardboard to dry?
Better starting material equals better hash. Curing hash can improve flavor, how much and for how long seems very strain dependant. Smoking niceley made powdered hash can seem like it goes faster than pressed hash just because of density, but I (and others here) find that the fine hash powder is easier to smoke (and make those FMCD bubbles) and so prefer to keep it that way. Lots of things can affect the purity if your bubblehash, and the more pure (ie less contaminant) the better chance to get nice melty hash. Some strains' hash only bubbles a little if at all, and some strains are so melty they go right through the screen when you heat them. As long as the hash is well dried, you should be able to establish whether yours is non-melty, sorta-melty, or FMCD (Full Melt Clear Dome).